Dr Logovik is investigating dyslexia and looks at the various factors in the lives of dyslexic children, finding the following correlations: +.25 correlation between degree of dyslexia and number of relatives with dyslexia; +.15 correlation between degree of dyslexia and parental alcoholism; -.35 correlation between degree of dyslexia and family income; 0 correlation between degree of dyslexia and number of siblings. Which of these exhibits the strongest correlation with dyslexia?Question 15Answera.Number of siblings.b.Family income.c.Relatives with dyslexia.d.Parental alcoholism.

Why is developmental dyslexia rare among people who speak Italian and morecommon among speakers of English or French?

Provide some effects of dyslexia on students in the classroom. Further, provide evidence-based findings from articles, organisations or government websites.

Which of the following are results from twin and adoption personality studies?  Correct Answer(s)The correlations of personality traits between siblings are similar to those of identical twins.There appears to be little parental influence on adopted children’s personalities.Adopted children’s personalities are not similar to those of the parents who adopt and raise them.The correlations of personality traits between identical twins are higher than the correlations for fraternal twins.Incorrect Answer(s)

Three of the following children have a learning disability. Which one probably does not?Question 43Select one:A.Ten-year-old Katrina has a good oral vocabulary, but when she writes she tends to omit many letters, even when spelling common words.B.Fifteen-year-old Enoch has trouble following oral directions. Unless he has them in writing, he gets them mixed up or forgets important steps.C.Five-year-old Jodi spends hours trying to copy her older sister's drawings. No matter how she tries, Jodi's art lacks proportion and perspective.D.Twelve-year-old Josh teases Sam about his new glasses. Sam grows silent and looks away but doesn't say anything. Later, Josh is quite surprised to find out that he has hurt Sam's feelings.

(a)A researcher measured the shoe size and math ability of a large group of children. He found that having a larger shoe size does not indicate that a child has more or less math ability. What does his analysis show?There is no correlation between shoe size and math ability.There is a correlation between shoe size and math ability. There may or may not be causation. Further studies would have to be done to determine this.There is a correlation between shoe size and math ability. There is probably also causation. This is because there is likely an increase in math ability with an increase in shoe size.(b)A grocery store collected sales data. It found that when customers buy less bread, they tend to purchase more rice. What can we conclude?There is no correlation between amount of bread bought and amount of rice purchased.There is a correlation between amount of bread bought and amount of rice purchased. However, there is no causation. This is because there is an increase in the amount of rice purchased with a decrease in the amount of bread bought.There is a correlation between amount of bread bought and amount of rice purchased. There may or may not be causation. Further studies would have to be done to determine this.(c)Jim compared the player statistics from his team's tennis season. He determined that being taller implies that a player has faster serves. What should he say based on his findings?There is no correlation between height and serve speed.There is a correlation between height and serve speed. There may or may not be causation. Further studies would have to be done to determine this.There is a correlation between height and serve speed. However, there is no causation. This is because there is an increase in serve speed with an increase in height.